He that buys flesh buys many bones;
He that buys eggs buys many shells;
But he that buys good ALE buys nothing else."
"A favourite proverbial rhyme among topers," quoth that most amusing of lexicographers, old N. Bailey, Φιλόλογος, who inserts it under the word "Buy," folio edition.
Query, What was his Christian name?
Balliolensis.
[Nathan Bailey. A short account of him will be found in Chalmers's Biog. Dict.]